Friday, December 17, 2010

British progressive metal act BEECHER have reformed almost five years after splitting up, with plans to play live shows in 2011.

The band has issued the following statement:

"Summer 2011 sees the 10 year anniversary of the start of Beecher. We disbanded suddenly, during our most active period, playing just one 'goodbye' gig, at which more than 100 fans of the band were rejected at the doors of the already over-capacity venue.

"Having had five years of reflection time, and considering the aforementioned fact that our tenth birthday is fast approaching, we have decided to reform, playing a handful of shows over the course of 2011 - the first of which will take place on April 29th at the Star & Garter, in our hometown of Manchester. The rest are as-of-yet unconfirmed.

"Not only are we excited to do this for ourselves, but we're also keen that any Beecher fans that didn't manage to see us at the time, get the opportunity to witness what we do best!"

Formed in Manchester, England in 2001, BEECHER released two full-length albums during their career - 2003's BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL and 2005's THIS ELEGY, HIS AUTOPSY - garnering widespread critical acclaim.

The band also toured the UK and Europe with the likes of KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, NORMA JEAN, DARKEST HOUR, ISIS, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN and more, building up a loyal fanbase in the process. The band announced their split in early 2006, shortly after the release of THIS ELEGY, HIS AUTOPSY.

Now, after five years of waiting, BEECHER have reformed and are in the process of booking live shows for 2011, with the first set to be at The Star & Garter in the band's hometown of Manchester - the very same place in which the band played their last show before splitting up in February, 2006.

Earache Records is pleased to announce the launch of INTO THE PIT, a digital-only series of live albums which is available exclusively on iTunes.

INTO THE PIT features live recordings of both new and classic bands from the Earache roster, including the likes of AT THE GATES, NAPALM DEATH, DEICIDE, CULT OF LUNA, EVILE and more.

Almost all of these albums have never been available on audio format before, with recordings taken from various festival appearances, special performances and club shows throughout the years, ranging from recent live shows to rare recordings of gigs from the bands' early days. The only place to get these legendary live performances is on iTunes.

The INTO THE PIT series will also be housed together on one page on the iTunes store from December 21st. Head to the 'Metal' page on the iTunes store on that day to see the entire collection.

The INTO THE PIT live series features the following albums:

Cult Of Luna - Live at the Scala At The Gates - Live in Krakow Mortiis - Live in London Napalm Death - Live at Rock City Linea 77 - Live at MTV Day Deicide - When London Burns The Haunted - Live in Malmö Society 1 - Live in LA Cathedral - Live in London Bolt Thrower - Live War The Berzerker - Live in London Hate Eternal - Live in London Deicide - Doomsday LA Linea 77 - Live at TPO SSS - Live in Liverpool Evile - Live at Hammerfest Deicide - Live in Nottingham

Earache Records is proud to announce the signing of Scottish death metal band CEREBRAL BORE to a worldwide recording deal.

CEREBRAL BORE are a young, talented group which formed in 2006 in Glasgow, Scotland and have built up a formidable reputation for their extreme brand of death metal.

The band is comprised of frontwoman SIMONE "SOM" PLUIJMERS, a 19-year old from the Netherlands with an inexplicable talent for brutal death metal vocals, along with guitarist PAUL MCGUIRE, bassist KYLE RUTHERFORD and drummer ALLAN MCDIBET.

CEREBRAL BORE has issued the following statement:

"It's hard to describe how proud we are to sign with Earache Records. Being at the same starting blocks as bands like Carcass, Morbid Angel, Decapitated and Napalm Death, is something that we have always worked hard since the beginning to achieve, and finally being at this point with the band, to us is just phenomenal.

"Going from having just one EP to having our debut album on a major death metal label used to be something we dreamed about, and it's hard to believe that it's actually happening! So we can't wait to get out on tour in 2011 and promote our debut album under the Earache banner."

CEREBRAL BORE have toured relentlessly around the globe, with appearances at such popular death metal festivals as Neurotic Deathfest in the Netherlands, Obscene Extreme in the Czech Republic and the Central Illinois Metalfest in the USA, as well as performing in countries such as Israel, Russia and more. The band also recently played at Earache Records' 2010 Christmas Party in Nottingham, England.

CEREBRAL BORE's self-released 2010 debut album, MANIACAL MISCREATION, is due to be re-released by Earache in the new year before the band works on its follow-up.

Thursday, December 16, 2010

The critically acclaimed grind act, WORMROT will be heading into Singapore's TNT Music Productions this January to record a brand new album entitled DIRGE. With this being the full-length followup to ABUSE, the band promises to bring their breakneck grind tones to grim new lows. Frontman, Arif Rot is highly excited about the band's new material and wants the world to know about it: "We are definitely stoked to get this album out. We are working extra hard on this one. EXTRA FUCKING HARDER THAN ABUSE. We are currently in the rehearsal studio still writing songs and making some minor adjustments and what not. If you are digging Abuse and also from our latest split with I ABHOR, then u might dig the new album. We'll be in the studio for "DIRGE" first week of January. NEW YEAR WITH A NEW DOSAGE OF GRIND!"

WORMROT's new album, DIRGE is due out in Spring 2011. MetalSucks' Axl Rosenberg called ABUSE one of his top 15 metal albums of 2010. "There were other awesome grind albums this year which easily could have made this list" says Axl, "but nothing felt quite as furious as Abuse."

"Addictive!! - This game is ridiculously addictive...It has a killer soundtrack and is free to download so if you want to have some bloody fun murdering stage divers and listening to extreme music consisting of a nice selection of artists on the Earache roster, get it now! The developers added a nice touch by allowing the player to control the media player so if you're not into a particular song you can change it on the go."

EARACHE EXTREME STAGE DIVING is exclusive to the Apple App Store and allows you to play along to a killer soundtrack of thrash, death and heavy metal as you throw a pesky stage diver off a festival stage and as far into the crowd as possible. Throw the stage diver as far as you can to get a high score on the global leaderboards while trying to avoid objects such as bottles, merch stands and everyone's festival favourite - the portable toilets!

All tracks are included in a fully integrated music player, allowing you to play along to the tunes you want, when you want. Also included is a secret, unlockable track which can only be found in this app!

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

British melodic death metallers THE SOULLESS, who recently changed their name from IGNOMINIOUS INCARCERATION, are going into the studio tomorrow, December 15th, to begin recording their new album.

THE SOULLESS are heading into Outhouse Studios in Reading, England with producer JOHN MITCHELL (ARCHITECTS, FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND, ENTER A SHIKARI) and will be recording until midway through January, 2011.

The as-yet untitled new album is due to be released on Earache Records in April, 2011.

THE SOULLESS frontman ANDY WARDLE comments:

"We are all beyond excited to start this process. The last few weeks we have been relentlessly rehearsing the tracks and are very happy with our creation. We know it is going to sound even better when finished at Outhouse.

"Everything will be heavily documented and regular video updates will be up after each stage of recording. Artwork, an official video, album title, tours and new merch are all in the works, so this is the calm before the storm..."

THE SOULLESS recently released a brand new pre-production track to give fans a taste of what to expect from the new album. Listen to the new track, "Earthbound", on the band's MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/wearethesoulless

Monday, December 13, 2010

EARACHE RECORDS and SkullsNBones.com are saluting the end of a very metal year with a very metal contest. This is a contest so metal that it can't even be contained to 1 week -- it's going on for 8! Every Friday for the next eight weeks, SkullsNBones will pick one winner to receive this year's critically acclaimed AT THE GATES 3 DVD set, THE FLAMES OF THE END along with one of EARACHE's other great 2010 releases like WORMROT's ABUSE, OCEANO's CONTAGION, BONDED BY BLOOD's EXILED TO EARTH and more!

-Your post must be at least two sentences to count, so make it good! -You must live in the continental United States -You must be over 18 -You may enter as many times as you want, but don't be annoying! -If you don't want to comment your entry here, you may email them at contests(at)skullsnbones.com -Winners will be announced every Friday for the next eight weeks beginning on Dec. 17th

British technical death metallers THE BOY WILL DROWN have confirmed dates for a headlining UK tour, which is set to take place in April 2011.

THE BOY WILL DROWN, who recently completed a European trek and have also announced another European tour for January, will be heading round the UK for eight more shows in April, with support from VISIONS and THE LONG COUNT.

Richmond, Virginia's MUNICIPAL WASTE, who are currently on the road in Europe for a headlining tour, are set to make a special appearance tomorrow (Tuesday, 14th December) at Earache Record's pop-up retail shop in Nottingham, England.

MUNICIPAL WASTE will be appearing in-store at the shop in the West End Arcade, Nottingham at 6:00pm for a signing session, before their headline show at the Rescue Rooms in Nottingham that night.

On sale in the shop only is an ultra rare ENFORCER/VOLTURE (featuring RYAN WASTE of MUNICIPAL WASTE) 7" split vinyl, limited to just 200 numbered copies. Also available is a killer range of metal CDs, LPs, t-shirts, merch and other rarities.

See a photo of ENFORCER in the shop during their signing session on Saturday, 11th December at http://j.mp/eOF8nN

Earache's pop-up shop is only open until the end of Tuesday (10am - 6pm daily) so get down there fast to grab some metal bargains in time for Christmas.

Friday, December 10, 2010

Canadian heavy metallers CAULDRON have recently finished recording their eagerly anticipated new album, BURNING FORTUNE, which is due to be released on Earache Records on February 14th in Europe and February 15th in North America.

The band has been making a video series during the making of BURNING FORTUNE, featuring interviews, studio footage, the latest inside scoops on the new album and more.

In the latest video in the series, CAULDRON members JASON DECAY and IAN CHAINS give you a sneak peek into their lives as they show you around their homes and music collections. Watch the video online now at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0sRk0jZanQ

Earache Records has opened its first ever retail shop today in the West End Arcade in Nottingham, England, giving local and visiting metalheads the chance to get hold of tons of metal bargains in time for Christmas.

In partnership with long-standing metal indie store THE HEAVY SOUNDS, the temporary pop-up shop opened its doors this morning at 10:00am and will be running for 5 days, from 10:00am until 6:00pm daily until the end of Tuesday, 14th December.

On sale in Earache's Christmas shop is a killer range of metal goodies, perfect for that special someone (or yourself!) for Christmas. The great selection includes metal CDs, LPs, t-shirts, merch and rarities. As a special offer for visitors to the shop, there is also an ultra-rare ENFORCER/VOLTURE 7" split vinyl on sale. This collector's item is ONLY available in the Earache shop and is strictly limited to just 200 numbered copies. To get hold of one of these must-have vinyls, get down to the shop early and grab a copy while stocks last.

Tomorrow (Saturday, 11th December), Swedish heavy metallers ENFORCER themselves will be visiting the Earache shop to meet fans and to take part in a signing session. Head down to the shop at 5:00pm on the day to meet them.

Head down to this one-time only Earache shop at the following address:

On Saturday, 11th December, Earache is also hosting a free Christmas party at Doghouse Studios in Nottingham. The party is open to everyone of all ages (ID required for bar wristband) and entry is completely free, so bring all of your friends and celebrate in style at the most extreme Christmas party around!

The party will feature live performances from Earache's very own ENFORCER and SAVAGE MESSIAH, along with special guests ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY and CEREBRAL BORE. There will also be guest DJs, guest compères Jason Rouse and Bob Slayer, plus live entertainment from The Sirens!

Earache's free Christmas party is likely to be very busy on the night, so reserve your place now to ensure you get in. Get your free printable tickets now while they last at http://www.earache.com/party2010

Thursday, December 09, 2010

OCEANO are pleased to announce the first dates of their upcoming Contaminating The Coast tour. Sponsored by AMP magazine and running throughout the month of January, the Contaminating The Coast tour will see the year's heaviest Billboard charting act get in front of their rabid western fans who have been waiting a long time for the band's return. Trekking along with OCEANO will be their friends, FOR THE FALLEN DREAMS, UPON A BURNING BODY, THE GREAT COMMISSION and I THE BREATHER.

OCEANO's new album, CONTAGION landed the Chicago deathcore heavyweights at number 163 on the Billboard Current Artist Chart in its first week of release. The band also debuted on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart at number 3.

British crossover thrashers SSS are spreading some festive metal cheer by offering you a free song, titled "Merry ChristmaSSS".

It's that time of the year again and the Liverpool thrashers have taken time out of their schedule to think of others and give you all a special treat with a free song to see you through the holiday period.

FOXY: "We are following in the footsteps of some of the greatest Christmas songs ever written from yesteryear - Slade, Wizzard, Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Shakin' Stevens, FEAR and Band Aid. They have all placed themselves firmly in our hearts and on cheap Christmas compilation CDs at this time of year. Now here's our meagre festive rattler that will be played for years to come at family discos."

Q: Are you a bit of a scrooge?

FOXY: "I enjoy this time of year as the winter season, the freezing cold, the early nights and to bring some light in the darkest time of the year, reflecting on the year and looking forward to the forthcoming one. I'm up for that.

"I just don't like or enjoy the way that it's been turned into an obligation, a pious deception, an ugly time of over-consumption, bickering and waste. The materials to make and deliver 10 million Christmas cards is off the scale. 7.75 million trees to be cut down to prop up fairies for two weeks, 10 million turkeys will roast into oblivion, wasting 3,000 tons of foil in the cooking process. In excess of 20 billion will be used on credit cards with many families turning to high interest and "doorstep lenders" to cover any shortfall. 135,000 tons of waste plastic alone, waste wrapping paper (82km^2) to wrap up Guernsey in, with a high proportion ending in a landfill as opposed to being recycled. What's worse than this type of Christmas? On some levels Scrooge was right."

Wednesday, December 08, 2010

CAULDRON frontman, Jason Decay just spent a few days in New York City getting his "ham" on (that's his special term for getting drunk) and chatting away with some of the finest journalists in the metal world. One of whom was Chris Harris of GunShyAssassin.com. Chris spoke to the hard partying traditional metal frontman about how New York compares to his hometown of Toronto, the raw, "live" sound of CAULDRON's upcoming album, BURNING FORTUNE and how playing at a Swedish metal festival changed his life for the better:

""I have been with the same girl now for a year-and-a-half," he says. "I guess you could say I used my band to meet chicks. We played a festival over in Sweden, and I saw this hot chick eyeing me up in the audience. I went out into the crowd after the set and tried to find her, but I couldn't. The next day of the festival, I did find her and now she lives with me in Toronto.""

Canadian heavy metallers CAULDRON recently finished recording their upcoming new album, BURNING FORTUNE, which is due to be released on Earache Records on February 15th in North America.

Following their recent video about the making of BURNING FORTUNE, in which CAULDRON frontman JASON DECAY spoke about the concept behind the album, the band has now posted the second video in the series. The new video shows an introduction to CAULDRON's time in the studio during the recording of BURNING FORTUNE.

Swedish melodic death metal pioneers AT THE GATES, who reformed in 2008 for a string of festival appearances, have announced that they will be playing more shows in 2011.

AT THE GATES, whose reunion tour included a now-legendary performance at Germany's Wacken festival in 2008, will be doing a limited run of shows next year, with appearances at Metaltown Festival in Sweden and Tuska Open Air in Finland already confirmed.

The band commented:

"At The Gates will do a limited run of select shows in 2011. Simply put, we had the time of our lives during the 2008 reunion and have decided to do a couple more shows. Although we won't be touring extensively, and we stick to the initial promise of not making any more music. Please check our homepage and MySpace for updates."

AT THE GATES' triumphant return to the live scene was celebrated with the release of THE FLAMES OF THE END, a 3-DVD set marking AT THE GATES' massively influential career, featuring the band's full live show from Wacken festival in 2008, along with a brand new 2-hour documentary chronicling the band's entire career, plus 26 rare and archive live AT THE GATES performances from around the world between 1991 and 2008.

Also available is PURGATORY UNLEASHED - LIVE AT WACKEN, a live CD featuring 18 live tracks from the band's performance at Wacken festival.

Tuesday, December 07, 2010

The road never ends for BONDED BY BLOOD. Currently on the last week of their tour with labelmates, EVILE and GAMA BOMB, the band will be taking a short holiday break before joining DEATH ANGEL on their North American Retribution 2011 tour then jetting off to Europe for a slew of dates. Continuing the pace of their relentless touring streak, BONDED BY BLOOD have announced new dates in support of SEPULTURA in Spring 2011. The famed Brazilian band's first North American tour in years will be momentous for all involved. Joining BONDED BY BLOOD and SEPULTURA will be HATE, KEEP OF KALESSIN and NEURAXIS along with BELPHEGOR and NEVERMORE on selected dates.

Having started their long North American journey this past spring, the guys in BONDED BY BLOOD are pumped to return to many of the places and faces that welcomed them in 2010. 2011 will see the band continuing to bring the energy of their new album, EXILED TO EARTH in front of metal-loving audiences all over the world. Here's what the band had to say about their newly announced tour with SEPULTURA and more: "What an honor it is to share the stage with Sepultura. Everyone is excited to hit the road with them and all the other great bands on the tour. This is one of the many awesome things BBB has planned for 2011, and we don't plan on stopping! We hope to make new friends and fans while we are out and about. So come down to one of the many great shows on this North American tour and have a beer with us! We will see you on the killing road."

Monday, December 06, 2010

Swedish heavy metallers ENFORCER have confirmed a mini tour of Greece, set to start on Friday, 17th December in Xanthi.

ENFORCER are currently on the road in Europe with Australian rockers AIRBOURNE and will have a few days break following the tour before heading to Greece for four shows.

ENFORCER drummer JONAS WIKSTRAND comments:

"Looking forward to getting over to Greece for a few headline shows before Christmas. Greek crowds are always fantastic. Looking forward to it being a little warmer over there than the UK - where even though the snow's on the ground, the reception from the dates with Airbourne has been hot! Let's heat it up, Greece!"

ENFORCER are set to appear in-store at Earache Records' recently announced pop-up Christmas shop in Nottingham, UK on Saturday, 11th December for a signing session, where an ultra-rare ENFORCER/VOLTURE 7" split vinyl (only 200 copies made) will be exclusively available.

ENFORCER are also due to play at Earache's free Xmas Party in Nottingham on the same night. For more information and to get free tickets, head to http://www.earache.com/party2010

Friday, December 03, 2010

Richmond, Virginia's MUNICIPAL WASTE have returned to Europe to kick off a headlining tour tonight tonight in Belfast, UK.

The UK has been hit with widespread snow this week, but despite having to sleep in the airport overnight, MUNICIPAL WASTE have not allowed the weather to stop them from bringing their famously energetic live show back to Europe and have safely arrived in Belfast for the start of the tour.

MUNICIPAL WASTE frontman TONY FORESTA recently commented:

"I'm really looking forward to getting back over there. It feels like it's been forever since we've been. It seems like each time we come back the crowds get bigger and crazier. It's always good to come back year after year to see the same familiar faces as well as hordes of new ones getting rowdy to our music. I can't wait. This time we're taking Ramming Speed and Saviours. Both bands we've known for a while and dig them as friends as well as musicians, so I'm assuming that every night will be entertaining onstage as well as everywhere else this rowdy crew goes. It should be a fun one."

Catch MUNICIPAL WASTE on tour in Europe, with support from SAVIOURS and RAMMING SPEED, at the following shows:

Thursday, December 02, 2010

Fresh off of the success of their sold out Contagion Across The Nation tour, Chicago deathcore heavyweights, OCEANO are pleased to announce the Contaminating The Coast tour. Sponsored by AMP magazine and running throughout the month of January, the Contaminating The Coast tour will see the year's heaviest Billboard charting act get in front of their rabid western fans who have been waiting a long time for the band's return. Trekking along with OCEANO will be their friends, FOR THE FALLEN DREAMS, UPON A BURNING BODY, THE GREAT COMMISSION and I THE BREATHER. The full list of dates for this January tour will be announced soon at http://myspace.com/oceano and http://facebook.com/oceanometal.

OCEANO's new album, CONTAGION landed the Chicago deathcore heavyweights at number 163 on the Billboard Current Artist Chart in its first week of release. The band also debuted on the Billboard Heatseekers chart at number 3.

CONTAGION is now out in North America. Produced by Zeuss (MUNICIPAL WASTE, THE ACACIA STRAIN, HATEBREED, SHADOWS FALL), the new album is about a government-born virus that becomes an epidemic and spreads chaos amongst the population. CONTAGION is a major step forward for OCEANO. Their signature breakdowns and inhuman heaviness is still intact, but the band's traditional death metal influence now shines through more than ever, leading to a stronger melding of old school and modern extremities.

Wednesday, December 01, 2010

Swedish heavy metallers ENFORCER are currently on the road in Europe with Australian rockers AIRBOURNE, but due to an illness in the AIRBOURNE band, tomorrow night's (Thursday, December 2nd) show in London, UK has regretfully had to be postponed.

ENFORCER are still up for a night of pure heavy metal fun though, and will instead be playing a headlining show of their own. The new show takes place at the Purple Turtle in London, with support from BLACK SPIDERS and CAVITY SEARCH.

Tickets for the show cost just £2 for those who already have a ticket to the postponed AIRBOURNE show, and just £5 for those who don't already have a ticket.

ENFORCER are set to appear in-store at Earache Records' recently announced pop-up Christmas shop in Nottingham, UK on Saturday, December 11th for a signing session, where an ultra-rare ENFORCER/VOLTURE 7" split vinyl will be exclusively available.

Canadian heavy metallers CAULDRON recently finished work on their new studio album, BURNING FORTUNE, due to be released on Earache Records on February 14th in Europe and February 15th in North America.

CAULDRON have been making a video series about the making of BURNING FORTUNE, featuring footage and the latest inside scoops on the new album. The latest video - Part 3 in the series - introduces you to BURNING FORTUNE producer JAMESON ELLIOTT, as he shows you around Rogue Studios in CAULDRON's hometown of Toronto, where the band recorded their eagerly awaited new album.

CAULDRON frontman, Jason Decay will be participating in a live video chat this Monday, December 6th at 4PM EST on EARACHE's band new Justin.TV page (http://Justin.TV/EaracheRecords). Jason will be hanging out with fans and answering questions about the upcoming album, BURNING FORTUNE as well as the band's upcoming shows with VOLTURE. Jason is also sure to recant some of his wildest road stories for the marvel of all in the chat.

Be sure to subscribe to EARACHE's Justin.tv page after the chat is over. You never know when we will turn the cam on and who might drop by for a chat!

Canadian heavy metallers CAULDRON recently finished recording their upcoming new album, BURNING FORTUNE, which is due to be released on Earache Records on February 15th in North America.

Following their recent video about the making of BURNING FORTUNE, in which CAULDRON frontman JASON DECAY spoke about the concept behind the album, the band has now posted the second video in the series. The new video shows an introduction to CAULDRON's time in the studio during the recording of BURNING FORTUNE.

The music video for "Midnight Vice" was shot by famed director PATRIC ULLAEUS (DIMMU BORGIR, IN FLAMES, SONIC SYNDICATE) and sees ENFORCER rocking out in a Swedish bar and around the city of Stockholm.

"Midnight Vice" is taken from the band's critically acclaimed new album, DIAMONDS.

ENFORCER are currently on the road in Europe with Australian hard rockers AIRBOURNE. Catch them live at the following remaining shows:

ENFORCER are also set to appear in-store at Earache Records' recently announced Christmas pop-up shop in Nottingham, UK on Saturday, 11th December for a signing session, where an ultra-rare ENFORCER/VOLTURE 7" split vinyl will be exclusively available. ENFORCER are also due to play at Earache's Xmas Party in Nottingham on the same night. For more information, head to http://www.earache.com/party2010

EARACHE EXTREME STAGE DIVING, a brand new free app for iPhone and iPod Touch, is out now worldwide on the App Store at http://j.mp/er3e9r

Exclusive to the Apple App Store, EARACHE EXTREME STAGE DIVING allows you to play along to a killer soundtrack of thrash, death and heavy metal as you throw a pesky stage diver off a festival stage and as far into the crowd as possible. Throw the stage diver as far as you can to get a high score on the global leaderboards while trying to avoid objects such as bottles, merch stands and everyone's festival favourite - the portable toilets!

All tracks are included in a fully integrated music player, allowing you to play along to the tunes you want, when you want. Also included is a secret, unlockable track which can only be found in this app!

To celebrate the release of this awesome, free metal app, Earache is offering you the chance to become the most extreme stage diver around by winning the official, full-size EXTREME STAGE DIVING helmet as worn by the character in the game!

Friday, November 26, 2010

Richmond, Virginia's MUNICIPAL WASTE are set to return to Europe next week for a headlining tour.

The band, who have just finished a short run around the USA, playing with the likes of HIGH ON FIRE, KYLESA and SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, will be kicking off their European tour on Friday, December 3rd in Belfast, UK. As well as a string of UK shows, MUNICIPAL WASTE will also be playing in France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands and Finland on their trek.

Supporting MUNICIPAL WASTE on the tour will be SAVIOURS and RAMMING SPEED.

MUNICIPAL WASTE drummer DAVE WITTE comments:

"We are ready to return to the UK/EU with Saviours and Ramming Speed to celebrate our last tour of the year. It's gonna be awesome! Get there early, this is a great bill that you won't wanna miss!"

MUNICIPAL WASTE frontman TONY FORESTA adds:

"I'm really looking forward to getting back over there. It feels like it's been forever since we've been. It seems like each time we come back the crowds get bigger and crazier. It's always good to come back year after year to see the same familiar faces as well as hordes of new ones getting rowdy to our music. I can't wait. This time we're taking Ramming Speed and Saviours. Both bands we've known for a while and dig them as friends as well as musicians, so I'm assuming that every night will be entertaining onstage as well as everywhere else this rowdy crew goes. It should be a fun one."

Catch MUNICIPAL WASTE live in Europe with SAVIOURS and RAMMING SPEED at the following shows:

Earache Records is due to release its first ever app, titled EARACHE EXTREME STAGE DIVING, on Monday 29th November worldwide for iPhone and iPod Touch.

Exclusive to the Apple App Store, EARACHE EXTREME STAGE DIVING allows you to play along to a killer soundtrack of thrash, death and heavy metal as you throw a pesky stage diver off a festival stage and as far into the crowd as possible. Throw the stage diver as far as you can to get a high score on the global leader boards while trying to avoid objects such as bottles, merch stands and everyone's festival favourite - the portable toilets!

To celebrate the release, Earache is offering you the chance to become the most extreme stage diver around by winning the official, full-size EXTREME STAGE DIVING helmet as worn by the character in the game!

All tracks are included in a full integrated music player, allowing you to play along to the tunes you want, when you want. Also included is a secret, unlockable track which can only be found in this app.

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Canadian heavy metallers CAULDRON recently finished recording their upcoming new album, BURNING FORTUNE, which is due to be released on Earache Records on February 14th in Europe and February 15th in North America.

Following their recent video about the making of BURNING FORTUNE, in which CAULDRON frontman JASON DECAY spoke about the concept behind the album, the band has now posted the second video in the series. The new video shows an introduction to CAULDRON's time in the studio during the recording of BURNING FORTUNE.

British thrashers EVILE recently announced a headlining UK tour, which kicks off in February 2011.

If you've ever dreamed of playing a show with such an awesome band, now is your chance! EVILE, in conjunction with Metal Hammer and MySpace, are offering you and your band the chance to support the nation's finest thrash heroes at one of their upcoming UK shows.

To be in with a chance of winning this incredible opportunity, simply submit your band's MySpace URL to digital@visiblenoise.com with the subject line "Evile Live", followed by the city in which you'd like to support EVILE. All entries must be received by December 31st.

EVILE themselves will choose the best three bands for each city and the readers of Metal Hammer online will then vote to decide which band gets to support EVILE at each show.

EVILE frontman MATT DRAKE comments:

"Today we are about to experience Thanksgiving in America on one of our rare days off on tour and we are looking ahead to getting home and having a relaxing Christmas with the people we are closest to, but we don't want to forget about the other people who are important to us, our UK fans, so we have decided to try a different way of finding some support bands for our upcoming UK mini tour.

"Bands can send us their MySpace links and we will be going through them all to choose the bands we like that will open the shows in February. Knowing our luck this will somehow backfire in a hideous way but it will be fun to try! We are looking forward to listening to all the bands and getting some good UK metal on the shows with us.

EVILE's limited edition INFECTED NATIONS redux is available now worldwide including a bonus disc with the band's cover of PANTERA's "Cemetery Gates", as well as eight songs recorded at a live rehearsal in the studio and six songs recorded live at Hammerfest in 2009. The European version also includes a free INFECTED NATIONS album cover patch and an EVILE sticker sheet.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

EARACHE EXTREME STAGE DIVING, a fun, free and essential app for all metalheads and rockers, has been officially approved by Apple and will be released worldwide on the App Store on Monday, 29th November for iPhone and iPod Touch.

EARACHE EXTREME STAGE DIVING allows you to play along to a killer soundtrack of thrash, death and heavy metal as you throw a pesky stage diver off a festival stage and as far into the crowd as possible. Throw the stage diver as far as you can to get a high score on the global leader boards while trying to avoid objects such as bottles, merch stands and everyone's festival favourite, portable toilets!

Unlike most other apps which include just clips of songs, or at most a couple of full tracks, EARACHE EXTREME STAGE DIVING features ten full-length, shredding songs. The full track listing is as follows:

All tracks are included in a fully integrated music player, allowing you to play along to the tunes you want, when you want. Also included is a secret, unlockable track which can only be found in this app.

To get your hands on EARACHE EXTREME STAGE DIVING, just search for "extreme stage diving" on the App Store from Monday, 29th November.